The Keeping of Christmas
The booklet text provides a fascinating account of the keeping of Christmas in England before the Victorian re-invention of the Christmas tradition.
The Keeping of Christmas
by By Peter Brown
£8.00
Softback, 40 pages, 8 colour, 11 b/w illustrations.
ISBN: 948 939 08 7
Celebrating at Christmas time has a long tradition and this booklet concentrates on the period 1760-1840.
Using evidence from estate papers, diaries and family correspondence, Peter Brown provides an assessment of the activities, table displays and decorations of our forebears.